1st February 2003
Urgent Assistant Needed
May I through this medium seek for your co-operation and assistance in a
business transaction that requires high confidentiality. I am Mr. Ayanda Nkuhlu,
a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I work in the South
African Department of Minerals & Energy. First and foremost, I apologize
for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this
magnitude, but this is due to some confidentiality and the prompt access this medium
affords. I obtained your contact through trade and email listings over
here at the department of trade, do not be alarmed over this as this form of
contact is part of the regular business ethics over here.
I have the mandate of two of my senior colleagues to search discreetly and
diligently for a foreign partner that could assist us concerning a
business matter which will be of mutual benefit to all. We do require your
assistance in the transfer of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
USDollars) abroad.
The amount US$15.5M represents an over-invoiced contract amount that was
executed for my Ministry by a mining company, which has since gone into
liquidation. Although the actual contract amount was paid to the company,
the over-invoiced amount of US$15.5M has since been lying in the
Ministry's escrow account at the Reserve Bank of South Africa pending proper proof of
claim. We are privy to this classified information by virtue of our
position in the ministry. We have successfully secured payment approval on it.
More so, we are handicapped in the very circumstances, as the South
African Civil Service "Code of Conduct" does not allow us to operate offshore
accounts hence your importance in this whole transaction.
Please note your area of specialisation is not a hindrance to the
successful Execution of this transaction. Endeavour to contact me immediately through
my private mail: jomositule@consultant.com to confirm whether or not you are
interested in this transaction, it will enable me to scout for another
foreign partner to carry out this deal, if the latter is the case.
Lastly, I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position
to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us very
Strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured. I implore
you to keep this confidential, as you are at liberty NOT to be a part of this
if you so desire.
Once again remember that time is of the essence in this transaction.
I await in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours Faithfully,
Ayanda Nkuhlu
motembe@ecplaza.net